Today I will be wearing: ‘D600’ by Carner Barcelona

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Mila Tarin, Retail Manager
Roullier White Retail Manager Mila Tarin, recalls her native Spain with every spray of D600 by Carner Barcelona.

D600 Eau de Parfum is very suggestive. Like Barcelona itself, and other cities on the sea, it is infinitely connected with the rest of the world.
"This warm, light and mysterious perfume is named after number 600 of Via Diagonal, Carner’s address in Barcelona: a kaleidoscopic city, with a gothic heart.

"In D600 you can feel the dynamic mixture of cultures, flavours and colours of Catalonia's capital. As the city stirs, market traders wheel their barrows across wet cobbles and rich aromas fill the air. The spiced and sophisticated accords of Guatemalan cardamom and the king of the spices: Madagascan black pepper. On the Mediterranean breeze comes Bergamot from Sicily. The romantic floral notes of the Jasmine Absolute from Egypt make the perfume as evocative as Sara Carner, the creator of the company, had first imagined."



 Some perfumes change on the skin and some do not, but D600 morphs from the sparkling explosion of spices in the beginning, showing the creamy iris from Italy and the powdery sweetness of the Madagascan vanilla at the end.

"It is seductive, it is unisex and it is a completely contemporary perfume; powerful but bright, like my adored Mediterranean white light.

"D600 is made with ethically-sourced ingredients–even the stylish wooden lid is from sustainably managed European forests–reminding me of the use of artisan materials.

"You can quite literally smell the importance of the detail in this romantic, urban perfume."

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